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Canceling the Oscars Over the LA Wildfires Would Do More Harm

adminJanuary 22, 2025010 mins

[ad_1] (Bloomberg Opinion) — There has always been something a little gaudy, ostentatious and— if we’re being totally candid — tacky about awards season in Hollywood. The Oscars began in May 1929 as a 15-minute industry dinner (free of any suspense, as the winners had been announced three months earlier) and ballooned in the following…

Oscars 2025 | Payal Kapadia’s seat at the big table

adminJanuary 10, 2025021 mins

[ad_1] In the spring of 2022, S.S. Rajamouli’s historical action drama RRR was a huge hit in India and in the global Indian diaspora market when two American distributors floated the idea of releasing it once again — to reach an audience not usually drawn to Indian films. With great word of mouth and reviews, the film pulled…